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Re: Possibly another GST infringement? What RRP for 6083?
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lugnet.loc.au
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Wed, 5 Jul 2000 03:08:14 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Richard Parsons writes:
> In lugnet.org.au, Deidre Rushton Brumby writes:
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> > Phew! I was envisioning leaving a trail of ACCC destruction behind me
> > everywhere I went.
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> I wouldn't get too worried.
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> Hmmm. Just because the ACCC is 'looking after you with the GST', and Alan
> Fels is jumping about like a liberl party apologist does not mean you'll be
> leaving a trail of destruction.
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> Proving that your pricing is based on your best understanding of your costs is
> not a real hard thing to do, and if you can do that (at the local shop level),
> I understand that ACCC has no power to intervene. The ACCC has some rather
> specific powers, which probably do not extend much beyond monstering at the
> local toyshop level.
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> And who wants a communist style price surveillance and enforcement anyway?
> All that leads to larger, stupider government, and queues and shortages for
> essentials.
No need to foul our own nests, I guess, if we want to grab those sale prices.
> Let the market do its work. If the pricing is too expensive, buy somewhere
> else. If you want to really rub it in, tell them how much you're going to
> spend somewhere else :-)
Whisper it to other shoppers too.
> Not only have we had to pay for the Liberal Party shamelessly promoting itself
> at the tax office's expense (and that would be out of our pocket), now the
> ACCC is spending public money on promoting itself and making us all feel
> better about how well the GST is being handled.
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> Maybe we should just give up and surrender our wallets....
Looks like the choice for the next election is one GST V another GST.
pete.w
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| (...) I wouldn't get too worried. Hmmm. Just because the ACCC is 'looking after you with the GST', and Alan Fels is jumping about like a liberl party apologist does not mean you'll be leaving a trail of destruction. Proving that your pricing is (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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